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| New England Patriots | Lost amid brilliant game plan they implemented for rookie QB Jacoby Brissett was defense pitching its first shutout since 2012. | ||||
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Trevor Siemian's 132.1 QB rating Sunday exceeded any figure posted by Peyton Manning in the final 19 games of his career. | |||
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | This is shaping up as the nastiest defense in the league. It's responsible for scoring 16 points and has 15 sacks and nine takeaways. | |||
| 4 | Philadelphia Eagles | All the Carson Wentz talk is justified. But Philly has scored the most points in the league and allowed the fewest. A stunning start. | |||
| 5 | Green Bay Packers | Maybe all this offense needed was some home cooking. And though pass defense was scorched, Clay Matthews was one of four inactive starters. | |||
| 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers | (Slightly) silver lining -- worst loss of Mike Tomlin era came on road out of conference. (Shinier) silver lining -- Le'Veon Bell returns. | |||
| 7 | Seattle Seahawks | Russell Wilson has bad right ankle, bad left knee, but may start (behind THAT line) against THAT Jets D-line? Cooler heads, please. | |||
| 8 | Carolina Panthers | Cam Newton was sacked eight times, picked off on three occasions and didn't complete one pass to Kelvin Benjamin or Devin Funchess. | |||
| 9 | Baltimore Ravens | Can't do better than 3-0. But our enthusiasm is tempered by their opponents' combined 1-8 record and combined winning margin of 13 points. | |||
| 10 | Houston Texans | Not hard to imagine John Elway telling Gary Kubiak over a beer last Thursday, "This is why we didn't pay Osweiler $72 million." |
